Radeon Sky 700 vs GeForce GTX 950
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 399 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 8.29 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 10.42 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | GM206 | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 20 August 2015 (9 years ago) | 27 March 2013 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $159 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 768 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 1024 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1188 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 2,940 million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | 225 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 57.02 | 100.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.825 TFLOPS | 3.226 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | 112 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 202 mm | 267 mm |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 350 Watt | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| SLI options | + | - |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6.6 GB/s | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 105.6 GB/s | 176 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2 | 1x DisplayPort |
| Multi monitor support | 4 displays | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| HDCP | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| G-SYNC support | + | - |
| DisplayPort count | no data | 1 |
| Dual-link DVI support | - | + |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| GameStream | + | - |
| GeForce ShadowPlay | + | - |
| GPU Boost | 2.0 | no data |
| GameWorks | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 August 2015 | 27 March 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 6 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | 225 Watt |
GTX 950 has an age advantage of 2 years, and 150% lower power consumption.
Sky 700, on the other hand, has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 950 and Radeon Sky 700. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 950 is a desktop card while Radeon Sky 700 is a workstation one.
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